1/31 必読記事・論考(IT)

Business 2.0 1/26/05 He's No Angel, Ram Shriram is by nature a cheerful, easygoing guy, but if you want to get him a little miffed, just call him an angel investor.
http://www.business2.com/b2/web/articles/0,17863,1016222,00.html?promoid=yahoo

THE $1 BILLION RESUME
SHRIRAM'S WORK FOR INTERNET PIONEERS GOT HIM IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR AT GOOGLE. NOW TWO STARTUPS ARE TESTING HIS SKILLS.
Netscape
1994-1998 As one of the company's first sales executives, brought in more than $250 million in revenue.
Amazon.com
1998-1999 Sold Junglee to the retailer for $200 million, then ran business development under Jeff Bezos.
Google
1998-present Invested about $1.2 million (a stake now worth nearly $1 billion), helped bring in top-tier VCs and hire first sales exec, and still serves on the board.
Plaxo
2002-present Board member, "interim CEO in extremis."
Friendster
2003-present Invested his own money and helped raise $13 million in venture capital.

Technology Review 1/31/05 Project Googlefox
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/01/wo/wo_hellweg013105.asp?trk=nl
Ross Mayfield 1/28/05 Web's Biggest Wiki Search Engine
http://ross.typepad.com/blog/2005/01/webs_biggest_wi.html
NYT$ 1/30/05 Steal This Show By LORNE MANLY and JOHN MARKOFF
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/30/arts/television/30manl.html?oref=login
Jonathan Schwartz's Blog 1/30/05 Looking Back on Commodities
http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/jonathan/20050130#looking_back_on_commodities

You may recall one of my first blog entries assessed the fitness of the word "commodity" for the computing marketplace. Distilled to a single sentence, my conclusion was that despite the self-interested rhetoric of some vendors (and gullibility of a few pundits), computers weren't the commodity - computing (and bandwidth) was. Just as power generators built by my friends at GE aren't the commodity, electricity is. It's not even close to a subtle distinction.
In looking at the evolution of the commodity called computing, history provides an extraordinary parallel to the evolution of electricity. In fact, if you haven't read it, I'd highly recommend "Empires of Light," by Jill Jonnes. It's a very entertaining historical examination of how electricity was first discovered (rubbing amber produced mysterious sparks), reliably generated, and ultimately distributed across the world.

Jonathan Schwartz's Blog 7/12/04 Commodities, Railroads and How Sun Monetizes Java (関連)
http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/jonathan/20040712#commodities_railroads_and_how_sun

Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World